Obituaries

Sep 8, 2013

Eula Mae Montgomery, 76

Eula Mae Montgomery, 76 of Lucasville, died Sunday September 8, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Newark, Ohio. She was born June 9, 1937 in Gallia County, Ohio to the late Franklin Pierce and Jimsy Marie Conley Tackett. She was a former cook for Licking Valley Schools and was a member...

Aug 29, 2013

Otto Collins, 84

Otto Collins 84, of Portsmouth , Ohio died Thursday August 29, 2013 at Riverside hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born March 8, 1929 to the late Shell and Eva Whitaker Collins. Otto was an ordained minister and a former long time employee of the Portsmouth Casting company. Along with his parents Otto was...

Aug 29, 2013

Herbert Eugene Parker, 73

Herbert Eugene "Buck" Parker, 73 of Stout, died Thursday August 29, 2013 at his home. He was born January 24, 1940 in Scioto County to the late John and Peachie Cooper Parker. He was a retired union laborer of almost 40 years and a member of Laborers Local # 83. Buck was a...

Aug 26, 2013

Gary Bowman, 66

Gary Chester Bowman, 66 of Huber Heights, Ohio formerly of  Scioto County, died Monday August 26, 2013 at Lewis Stokes V.A. Hospital in Cleveland. He was born February 12, 1947 in Scioto County to the late Chester Garrett Bowman and Nolia Stevens Bowman of Huber Heights. He was an Air Force veteran of the...

Aug 19, 2013

Floyd Logan, 86

Floyd Logan, 86 of West Portsmouth, died Monday August 19, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born October 30, 1926 in Carter County, Kentucky to the late Tobias B. and Martha Alice Rayburn Logan. He worked for 32 years at Harbison Walker and then worked at Washington Local School District. He was...

Aug 16, 2013

Jeffrey D. Mitchell, 37

Jeffrey D. Mitchell, 37 of West Portsmouth, died Friday August 16, 2013 at OSU Medical Center in Columbus. He was born July 17, 1976 in Rapid City, South Dakota to the late Jeffrey "Bubba" and Donna Truman Mitchell. He was a former laborer and a member of the Laborers Local #83 and formerly...

Aug 13, 2013

Elsie Adeline Ison, 96

Elsie Adeline Hackworth Ison, 96 of Pond Creek, died Tuesday August 13, 2013 at Crystal Care Center in Portsmouth. She was the 13 th of the 14 children of Mahala Adda Conley Hackworth and James K. Hackworth and was born January 12, 1917 in Floyd county Kentucky. The family moved to Ohio after...

Aug 6, 2013

Elicia Lynn Heatherly, 26

Elicia Lynn Heatherly, 26 of West Portsmouth died Tuesday August 6, 2013. She was born August 16, 1986 in Portsmouth to the late Martin Windell Heatherly and Janet (David B.) Lawson Hall of South Point. She was a Home Health Care Aid.

Along with her mother Elicia is survived by a...

Aug 5, 2013

Howard Michael "Mike" Wellman, 68

Howard Michael "Mike" Wellman, 68 of West Portsmouth, Died Monday, August 5, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. Mike was born March 3, 1945, in Portsmouth, to the late Montiville and Anna K. Wolff Wellman.  Mike was a 1963 graduate of Portsmouth West High School, worked for Boone Coleman Construction Co., and...

Aug 4, 2013

Ricky Allen Holsinger, 51

Ricky Allen Holsinger, 51 of Stout, died Sunday August 4, 2013 at Riverside Hospital in Columbus. He was born October 24, 1961 in Adams County to the late William Herbert Holsinger and Mary Taylor Holginger of Stout. He was retired from Grafco Flooring and was a member of Upper Blue Creek Tabernacle.

Aug 3, 2013

Matthew Steven Voorheis, 39

Matthew Steven Voorheis, 39 of West Portsmouth died Saturday August 3, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1974 in Portsmouth to Ronald ( Roselind) Voorheis of Chesapeake, VA and Sandra Roe Pond of Ft Wayne, IN.

Matthew is survived by his wife Tabatha Jean Parker Voorheis...

Aug 1, 2013

Mary H. Poltrick, 78

Mary H. Poltrick, 78 formerly of Portsmouth, died Thursday August 1, 2013 at Gaslight Health Care Center in Canal Fulton, Ohio. She was born October 18, 1934 in Scioto County to the late Hebert and Edna Conley. Along with her parents Mary was preceded in death by her husband John E. Poltrick and...

Jul 30, 2013

Henry James Culver, 53

Henry James Culver, 53 of Franklin Furnace died Tuesday,  July 30, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born October 9, 1959 in Portsmouth to the late Clarence B. and Pearlie Cable Culver. Along with his parents Henry was preceded in death by a brother Richard Culver and a nephew Tommy King....

Jul 28, 2013

Leroy Taylor, 69

Leroy Taylor, 69 of Stout, died Sunday July 28, 2013 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Adams County. He was born in Adams county to the late Herbert and Alma Mirl Colvin Taylor. He was self employed. Along with his parents Leroy was preceded in death by his wife Barbara Hayslip...

Jul 27, 2013

Richard "Rick" Sowards,

Richard "Rick" Tony Sowards, of Columbus, formerly of West Portsmouth, died Saturday July 27, 2013 at his home. He was born May 25, 1954 in Portsmouth to the late Sadie M. Givens Sowards and Joseph R Sowards of West Portsmouth. He worked for Wilcar. Along with is mother he was preceded in death by...

Jul 19, 2013

Thelma Louise Eversole Brown, 80

Thelma Louise Eversole Brown, 80, of West Portsmouth, died at her home. She was born May 13, 1934 in Portsmouth to the late, Levi Sissel and Edna Sadler; she was preceded in death by 2 husbands Robert Eversole and Marshall Brown; 2 daughters; Frances Evans, and Ellen Brown.

She is...

Jul 11, 2013

Boyd C. Conley, 68

Boyd C. Conley, 68 of Lucasville, Ohio was called home by his heavenly Father on Thursday July 11, 2013. He was taken by accident while cutting firewood. Boyd was born June 9, 1945 in Portsmouth to the late Autie and Nancy "Dottie" Ison Conley. He attended and graduated from Stockdale High School in...

Jul 10, 2013

Bart Evans, 46

Bart Evans, 46 of West Portsmouth, passed away Wednesday July 10, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center after a long illness. His family was by his side when he drifted off to be with his big brother Phil and into the Lord's arms. He was born February 27, 1966 to Gerald and Nancy Evans...

Jul 8, 2013

Charles Cooper, 66

Charles Richard Cooper, 66 of Stout, died Monday, July 8, 2013 at Hilton Head Hospital in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was born June 8, 1947 in Portsmouth to the late Charles Hayes and Betty Cooper Caldwell. He was raised by the late Everett and Dorothy Lewis. Along with his parents he was preceded...

Jun 25, 2013

Ruth Virginia Daubert , 92

Ruth Virginia Daubert , 92 of Portsmouth, died Tuesday June 25, 2013 at Heartland of Portsmouth. She was born October 2, 1920 in Chillicothe t the late George and Vencie Ebenhack Benson. She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church and a 60 year member of the Order of the Eastern...